Pasting rollers for splicing rollstand

Claim 1

IN A SPLICING ROLLSTAND FOR DELIVERING A WEB CONTINUOUSLY FROM ONE SUPPLY ROLL AFTER ANOTHER, INCLUDING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A NEW WEB SUPPLY ROLL ADJACENT TO A RUN OF A WEB WHICH IS BEING UNWOUND FROM AN EXPIRING WEB SUPPLY ROLL AND IS TO BE SPLICED TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE NEW ROLL, THE COMBINATION OF MEANS INCLUDING A WEB POSITIONING SURFACE AT THE SIDE OF SAID WEB RUN AWAY FROM SAID NEW ROLL FOR PRESSING TOGETHER SAID WEB RUN AND SAID PERIPHERY ALONG A REGION OF CONTACT EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID NEW ROLL, TO FORM A SPLICE JOINING THE SAME, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SURFACE IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE UNWINDING WEB RUN IN SAID REGION, AND AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SPEED OF SUCH MOVEMENT, AS SAID WEB RUN AND SAID NEW ROLL ARE PRESSED TOGETHER, WHEREBY SAID WEB RUN IS SPLICED TO THE NEW ROLL WITHOUT BEING BRAKED BY THE PRESSURE OF SAID WEB POSITIONING SURFACE, WHEREIN SAID MEANS FOR PRESSING TOGETHER SAID WEB RUN AND SAID PERIPHERY OF THE NEW ROLL INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE ROLLER EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID NEW ROLL, SAID MEANS FOR MOVING THE WEB POSITIONING SURFACE INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE DRIVE BELT IN DRIVING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ROLLER TO EFFECT ROTATION THEREOF, AND SAID ROLLER HAS A CIRCUMFERENTIAL RECESS TO RECEIVE SAID DRIVE BELT AT THE SIDE OF SAID ROLLER FACING TOWARD SAID WEB RUN SO THAT AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID WEB POSITIONING SURFACE IS DEFINED BY THE DRIVE BELT IN SAID RECESS.